Trends and experiences in liver retransplantation over 15 years
Trends and experiences in liver retransplantation over 15 years
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DOI:
10.1002/lt.20904
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发表时间:
2007-02-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Neuhaus, Peter
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作者:
Pfitzmann, Robert;Benscheidt, Birgit;Neuhaus, Peter
Compared to primary liver transplantation (LT), the inferior results in the outcome of liver retransplantation (re-LT) continue to be a major challenge. The purpose of this study was to analyze changes in and outcomes of re-LT over a period of 15 years at the Charite Virchow Clinic. Between 1989 and 2003, we performed 1,619 LTs and 157 re-LTs (9.7%) in 1,462 patients. A total of 119 retransplants (50 females, 69 males) were analyzed after consideration of exclusion criteria: recipient age